(a) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Village.
(b) There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits: (1) for residential and commercial service, and (2) for service to establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application to the Village. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgement of the Sewer Engineer. A permit and inspection fee for a residential or commercial building sewer permit or for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Clerk- Treasurer at the time the application is filed in accordance with the amounts and procedures set forth in ordinances.
(c) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner and shall post a cash or surety bond from which the owner shall indemnify the Village from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
(d) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one building standards at the rear of another on an interior lot and no sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
(e) Existing building sewers may be used provided they meet the following criteria:
(1) Minimum size 4" Ø
(2) Existing sewers may be subjected to an exfiltration test meeting the following requirements. Line will be filled with water; after twenty (20) minutes if there is no loss of water than line will be accepted. Should the line fail the test then the building sewer shall meet the requirements of subsection (f).
(f) (1) The building sewer from the main line to the property line shall be 6" diameter extra strength vitrified clay sewer pipe and fittings, meeting the current A.S.T.M. Specifications for Vitrified Clay Pipe, Extra strength (Designation C 700).
(2) Joints for Vitrified Clay Pipe shall meet A.S.T.M. Specifications for Compression Joints for Vitrified Clay Pipe (Designation C 425).
(3) The pipe shall be laid at a slope of no less than one-fourth (1/4) inch per foot.
(4) The building sewer from the property line to existing or new buildings shall be 6" diameter extra strength Vitrified Clay sewer pipe and fittings (C-700) or 6" diameter P.V.C. SDR-35 sewer pipe and fittings (D-3034).
(5) Joints for Vitrified Clay Pipe and fittings and P.V.C. pipe and fittings shall be compression joints, C-435 and D-3212.
(6) The methods to be used in excavating, placing, backfilling, testing and pavement replacement shall conform to the applicable rules and regulations of the Village.
(g) Cleanouts.
(1) The bodies of cleanout ferrules shall be made of standard pipe sizes, shall conform in thickness to that required for pipe and fittings for the same metal, and shall extend not less than one quarter of an inch above the hub. The cleanout cap or plug shall be not less than one eighth of an inch thick and shall be provided with a raised nut at a height of three quarters of an inch or socket countersunk three quarters of an inch.
(2) Cleanouts shall be not more than 50 feet apart in horizontal drainage lines of 4 inch nominal diameter or less, and not more than 100 feet apart for larger pipes.
(3) Cleanouts, when installed on an underground drain, shall be extended to above the finished grade level directly above the place where the cleanout is installed; or may be extended to the outside of the building when permitted by the chief enforcement official or plumbing inspector.
(4) Cleanouts shall be installed at each change of direction of building drain greater then 45 degrees.
(5) Cleanouts on concealed piping shall be extended through and terminate flush with the finished wall or floor; or pits with solid covers, or chases may be left in the wall or floor, provided they are of sufficient size to permit removal of the cleanout plug and effective cleaning of the system.
(6) A cleanout shall be provided at or near the foot of each vertical waste or soil stack. For buildings with a floor slab on fill or ground or with less than 18 inch crawl space under the floor, the following are acceptable in lieu of a cleanout at the base of the stack: The building drain may be extended to the outside of the building and terminated in an accessible cleanout or an accessible cleanout installed in the building drain downstream from the stack not more than 5 feet outside the building wall.
(7) There shall be a cleanout near the junction of the building drain and building sewer or a cleanout with “Y” branch inside the building wall.
(8) Cleanouts above the building drains shall be a “Y” fitting directed to the flow of the pipe or test tees if exposed.
(9) Cleanouts shall be of the same nominal size as the pipes up to 4 inches and not less than 4 inches for larger piping.
(10) Cleanouts on 3 inch or larger pipe shall be so installed that there is a clearance of not less than 18 inches for the purpose of rodding.
(11) Cleanouts smaller than 3 inches shall be so installed that there is a 12 inch clearance for rodding.
(12) Cement, plaster, or any other permanent finishing material shall not be placed over a cleanout plug.
(13) Where it is necessary to conceal a cleanout plug, a covering plat or access door shall be provided which will permit ready access to the plug.
(14) A fixture trap or a fixture with integral trap, readily removable without disturbing concealed roughing work, may be accepted as cleanout equivalent.
(h) Whenever possible, the building sewer should be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
(i) No person shall make connection or roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
(j) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the Village, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. No backfilling shall be permitted prior to written approval from said inspector or his representative. Should any backfilling or caving have occurred prior to the above inspection, the applicant shall remove, at his expense, any and all debris sufficient to make said inspection.
(k) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the said Inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of said Inspector or his representative.
(l) All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and light so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the said Village. (Ord. D-12-94-1. Passed 12-12-94.)